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Common Courtesies
◄ Guard:
◄ Visiting Another's House:✦ When approaching a guard at the front gates to be admitted to the city, a person will stop to be addressed. At such point in time, if a person is wearing a weapon of any form it will be taken and as per the laws, given a number and stored or the fine shall be paid and it will be wrapped in wire and the Talerion house seal will pressed onto it with green wax.
✦ Treating the guards with respect is not only a kind practice, but enforced. They are here to protect the people, and as such will be treated with dignity and honor.
✦ Typically when greeting a guard while on duty only a bow or curtsy is acceptable as they are currently doing their job and need to remain focused on the task at hand.
✦ When greeting a guard off duty, treat them as any other citizen. A bow and curtsy, an acknowledgment by words or something similar.
◄ Nobility:✦ Treating the guards with respect is not only a kind practice, but enforced. They are here to protect the people, and as such will be treated with dignity and honor.
✦ Typically when greeting a guard while on duty only a bow or curtsy is acceptable as they are currently doing their job and need to remain focused on the task at hand.
✦ When greeting a guard off duty, treat them as any other citizen. A bow and curtsy, an acknowledgment by words or something similar.
✦ Nobility will be treated with respect, though they will not be held higher than any other class. The respect is in response to their status, but it will not be held over any other in an attempt to further themselves.
✦ Nobility who live within the city will be made well aware that they are to treat each of the classes or those who they run into while they visit with the same respect that they receive.
✦ Typically in greeting it is acceptable to bow or curtsy with the expectation of the same to be returned. The same goes also for parting pleasantries.
✦ When speaking with nobility, use their given titles. They have earned their title by one way or another, and as such deserve to be addressed in such a manner.
◄ Visiting Nobility:✦ Nobility who live within the city will be made well aware that they are to treat each of the classes or those who they run into while they visit with the same respect that they receive.
✦ Typically in greeting it is acceptable to bow or curtsy with the expectation of the same to be returned. The same goes also for parting pleasantries.
✦ When speaking with nobility, use their given titles. They have earned their title by one way or another, and as such deserve to be addressed in such a manner.
✦ The same will be extended to visiting Nobility as those who live within the city.
✦ If there is a known common greeting from the House or Empire that the visiting noble hails from, then it will be used. IE: If they bow, then you bow. If they curtsy, regardless of gender, then you curtsy.
✦ Respect is expected at all times. Do not expect visiting nobles to think the same way that those inside the Slyannen think, but that does not mean that they will be treated with disrespect.
✦ If any of the visiting Nobility has overstayed their welcome or begin to cause a scene, only a guard or council member may address them. At that point in time, it had reached beyond common courtesy, and will be handled by those in a position to take care of it.
◄ Middle Class:✦ If there is a known common greeting from the House or Empire that the visiting noble hails from, then it will be used. IE: If they bow, then you bow. If they curtsy, regardless of gender, then you curtsy.
✦ Respect is expected at all times. Do not expect visiting nobles to think the same way that those inside the Slyannen think, but that does not mean that they will be treated with disrespect.
✦ If any of the visiting Nobility has overstayed their welcome or begin to cause a scene, only a guard or council member may address them. At that point in time, it had reached beyond common courtesy, and will be handled by those in a position to take care of it.
✦ Typically, middle class does not carry any form of title, but in the instant that they are given one of any form, they are to be addressed by their title just like nobility. They have earned their title, please use it.
✦ While middle class also typically do not own any form of land, it is not unheard of for someone of middle class to rise above the norm and purchase a home or a larger mass of property.
✦ Just like every other house, middle class is to be treated with respect at all times and the standard greetings and pleasantries of bowing, curtsying, and speaking in a level and clear tone is to be expected.
◄ Peasantry Class:✦ While middle class also typically do not own any form of land, it is not unheard of for someone of middle class to rise above the norm and purchase a home or a larger mass of property.
✦ Just like every other house, middle class is to be treated with respect at all times and the standard greetings and pleasantries of bowing, curtsying, and speaking in a level and clear tone is to be expected.
✦ The lowest class, but they are still valued greatly and treated as equals. They hold no land or titles, and usually stay in places like the taverns or in the smaller homes that decorate the housing district of Slyannen.
✦ If there is a situation where someone finds visiting peoples treating the lower classes with malice or otherwise, it is to be reported. This unacceptable behavior.
✦ If there is a situation where someone finds visiting peoples treating the lower classes with malice or otherwise, it is to be reported. This unacceptable behavior.
✦ One should never enter a house without knocking. It is rude, and if this does happen then the owners of the property are more than in their right to have the invader removed.
✦ If someone steps into a person's home without permission, and the owner has stated clearly that they do not want the uninvited guest there, then the owner is within their right to have them removed.
✦ If a friend of the family shows, and they do not knock, it is typically a common courtesy to at least for the person to announce their presence. Simply showing up and doing nothing else could startle the people living in the home.
✦ If they do not announce, and they show up in the person's home anyway, then once again they are in their full right to have them removed. Even if it might cause question.
✦ If someone steps into a person's home without permission, and the owner has stated clearly that they do not want the uninvited guest there, then the owner is within their right to have them removed.
✦ If a friend of the family shows, and they do not knock, it is typically a common courtesy to at least for the person to announce their presence. Simply showing up and doing nothing else could startle the people living in the home.
✦ If they do not announce, and they show up in the person's home anyway, then once again they are in their full right to have them removed. Even if it might cause question.
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